witchy woman

tibby jones here; daughter of darkness and malice, sister to a brood of evildoers. instant witch, just add coffee.

[lenascharm]

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[tibbyblossom]

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“And he should be happy, but with you as you. That’s what a relationship is, committing to one person and resisting the temptation that anyone else brings because your time with your partner is better than whatever you’d get elsewhere.” She pursed her lips, stepped off her swing and came round to kneel in front of her. “Tibby you’re bleeding!” She exclaimed suddenly, reaching up to wipe under her nose with a conjured wetwipe. “Tibby, look at what this is doing to you. You are more than enough as you are, and just because you have magic doesn’t mean that he gets a free pass to be a dirtbag. No one else in the world is getting that, so why does he need it? He doesn’t. You’re worth so much more than just being his manic pixie dream girl. If he doesn’t stick around for you as you are, then he doesn’t deserve you.”

Jones let her friend clean her up, shoulders slumped, feeling ever so much like a child who’d gotten so much wrong. Her mother had warned her that the world was cruel and men were evil when she had left home, but she had hoped Gerard would be the exception. If Maleficent could see her now, she’d probably turn away in shame before going off and turning him into a crow. Everything Lena was saying made sense in some way, but she didn’t feel like she was enough. How could her friend even be saying that, when he had already cheated and showed her that she alone wasn’t enough? “Bigger magic comes with some costs,” she commented, focusing on the blood aspect, not ready to touch the other things Lena had said. “It doesn’t hurt me though, it’s--it’s okay,” she stammered, giving a sigh. Tibs couldn’t quite make herself look Lena in the eye; she felt that she had ruined the whole evening. They were supposed to be having fun, not...this. “I-I’ll talk with him. I suggested changing things up for him. It’s not like he asked,” she finally replied, sniffling and looking at her friend. 

[tibbyblossom]

holly jolly || tibby & ____

[tibbyblossom]

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Gerard shook his head, acting nonchalant even though he felt smug about her reaction to everything. He swayed them side to side, catching her in another kiss before she pulled back. “Oh I’d love to.” He grinned down at her, then peered behind her. “But I can’t see anything under the tree.” Gerard played along, hoping that she was about to give him another fantasy fuck with one of the many famous women he’d listed to her as an option. He’d always had a thing for redheads, so maybe one off those lists.

Tibby couldn’t help but melt a little in his arms. Maybe there was still time to change things, and put them back on course to a real, loving relationship like Lena and Vinny had. She’d like that; she found herself jealous of the way Vin looked at her friend at times, wondering if Gerard ever looked at her like that when she wasn’t looking. “That’s because it’s not under the tree, silly,” she stated, and reached behind him, magicking the gift she’d wrapped earlier out from under the bed. It was a pair of sneakers he had been eyeing at one of their outings, however she’d carefully monogrammed his jersey number with a needle and gold thread to the heels of both shoes. She had wrapped it in simple tan paper and twine, with a small piece of mistletoe slipped under the twine. “Here you are, love,” she said, pulling the package out from behind him. 

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Lena smiled encouragingly, but she began frowning the more Tibby said and she was glad that she was swinging because she was certain there was a look on disgust on her face. “Tibby…” She tried to grab her full attention, then gave a soft shake of her head. “I don’t want to be judgey, but that’s just not healthy. It’s just letting him sleep with other people without it being other people. And you’re not getting anything from it! I bet he’s never let you magic him into your celebrity crush or another guy from school.” Lena had doubted Gerard from the start, he was so… fuckboy-ish and this gave him a whole other skeevy vibe. “You are more than enough as you are and he should recognise that.”

Tabitha could feel tears burn behind her eyelids, and she closed them, slowing to a stop with the toes of her shoes. “I just want him to be happy, you know?” She sniffled, pressing the tissue to her nose. “There are so many gorgeous girls all around, he doesn’t need to be stuck with just me. I mean, I’m just me,” she muttered, feeling quite unworthy of even calling herself his girlfriend. “I don’t want him to be tempted to go off with another girl,” again, she silently added. “Lena, I--” she sniffled, and pressed the tissue to her nose again before looking up at her friend with wet eyes. “I love him,” she stated, and dropped the hand holding the tissue into her lap, unaware of the splotches of blood upon it, or the orange-red stain below her right nostril. 

[tibbyblossom]

holly jolly || tibby & ____

[tibbyblossom]

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Gerard grinned like the cat that got the cream, extremely pleased that she both liked it and was excited to wear it. It may have been a slight possessive move on his part, he’d heard a couple guys in the lockerroom mention her in a list of hot girls on campus, and he felt the need to mark his territory if they didn’t already know. He gave her a gentle squeeze back as she hugged him, then held his hands up. “Let me?” He offered, stepping behind her once more to close the necklace together, then gently lay it on the back of her neck. “I’m so glad you like it. I can stop worrying now.”

Tabitha turned slightly, following his lead as he offered to do up the necklace. She couldn’t help but internally question Lena after this generous gift from Gerard; if he didn’t care about me, why would he get me this necklace? He’d forget or get something without meaning, right? This shows that he’s mine as much as I am his. Tibby decided she’d have to have a discussion with Lena later about it, and turned back to Gerry, wrapping her arms around his neck. “You’re much to sweet, my love,” she stated, standing on tiptoe to press a kiss to his lips. The blonde pulled away after a moment and looked up at him, feeling contentment wash over her. “Do you want to open your present too?” She asked, cocking her head, donning a playful smirk.

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Lena held her mouth open as the realisation of it’s use dawned on her, “Oh..! Like roleplay? That’s fun, do you do characters or something?” She questioned, honestly interested and wanting Tibby to feel comfortable talking to her. Lena decided to give her own details to try help. “I have a lot of different lingerie sets that I surprise him with, he always loves that. And we’ve like, dressed up as characters for each other before, like remember I was wonder woman for halloween last year? That followed on into the bedroom. Oh! Once, we dressed up in like full on sailor navy uniform. Officer and a Gentleman vibes. He looked so hot.”

Tibby raised her brows as Lena went into some detail about her and Vincent’s love life. It sounded like so much more fun than what she and Gerard did; sure, sometimes it was wild and wonderful, but many nights she just waited for him to finish. “That sounds so fun,” Tibby gave a smile that didn’t quite make it to her eyes. She knew it was her own idea, but she’d started to feel a little weird about it all. “We don’t do anything like that really,” she shrugged, kicking gently off the ground and swinging forward a bit. “I mostly just make myself look like...well, you know, celebrities or models,” she shrugged again, hating herself for what she was about to say. “People at school sometimes. You know, just...anyone,” she muttered, feeling her cheeks blush as the freckles disappeared and her hair went back to blonde. Tib pulled a tissue from her pocket and dabbed at her nose, which felt like it was running. 

[tibbyblossom]

holly jolly || tibby & ____

[tibbyblossom]

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Gerard scrunched his nose softly at the kiss she placed there, then again held the present to her. “Yeah, I want to see you open it.” He told her, surprisingly invested in what her reaction to the gift would be. It was a fairly simple gold necklace bearing his initial, but it was pretty enough and he imagined it was something girlfriends would like. “I hope you like it.”

Tibs simpered happily and tore at the wrapping, dropping pieces of paper onto the floor as she opened it. The gold of the chain sparkled in her eyes first and her lips parted in an O shape as her gaze moved down to the initial. “Oh Gerard!” She looked up and held the chain to her chest before reaching out with her free arm and threw it around his neck to give him a hug. “I love this so much!” She told him, all irritation with him she felt prior now dissipated. “Thank you!” Tibs chimed, pressing a kiss to the corner of his mouth before looking back at the necklace. “G for Gerard, I love it!” She stated again, unclasping it and trying to lock it behind her neck. 

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Lena giggled excitedly and clapped her hands together. “That’s so cool! Wow! My extent is like, dyeing my hair without dyeing my hair.” She joked, then as her friend’s statement sank in she paused and her brows furrowed together slightly. “Wait, you do it for Gerard all the time? What do you mean?”

Tabitha nodded with a smile; she used to use it to make her hair a little blonder from time to time. Her smile faded, however, at the change of tone and expression in her friend. “Yeah...w-well, you know, to spice things up, em...a bit,” she muttered through it, and cleared her throat. “Don’t you and Vinny do anything like that?” She asked, feeling self conscious suddenly. 

[tibbyblossom]

holly jolly || tibby & ____

[tibbyblossom]

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Gerard chuckled at her comment and watched her walk away, eyes trailing down her figure eagerly before he started to follow. “Oui, ça a l'air délicieux.” He sauntered up behind her and pressed himself to her back, wrapping one arm around her waist and holding out his present to her with the other. “ tu me rends fou, tu le sais? Joyeux noël ma douce.” Ger pressed a kiss to her temple, then trailed it down to her neck.

Tibby leaned into his kiss, the French lilt tickling her ears as his kisses moved to her neck, and she raised a hand to gently touch the side of his head. “Ooh, for me?” She asked, perking up a bit as she spotted the present that appeared in front of her. Tabitha span around to face Gerard and pressed her hands to his chest. “Can I open it now?” She asked, pressing a quick peck to his nose.

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Lena grinned over at Tibby when she laughed, then made an amused face of surprise. “Turn into an old lady?” She asked, “That’s impressive, turning into a whole other person!” She wasn’t much one for comparisons with her best friend, but she knew that Tibby was powerful, but maybe lacking a little control with her power’s connection to emotions. Perhaps dedication was Lena’s downfall, superficial magic was all she practiced these days.

Tibby chuckled and shook her head. “It’s not too hard once you get the hang of it! I do it all the time with Gerard,” she grinned, wriggling her eyebrows at her friend. Maybe it was the compliment that made her want to show off a bit, but Tabitha crossed her eyes and focused on her nose, and watched as a smattering of freckles appeared over her nose and cheeks, and willed her hair to go wavy and dark. “Tada,” she chirped with a chuckle, swiping at her nose. 

[tibbyblossom]

holly jolly || tibby & ____

[tibbyblossom]

intheleadlegume‌:

Gerard had smiled at the call of Tibby’s text, though he was already planning to go over and give her the gift he’d gotten. It was a boyfriend obligation, and he’d never been great at gift giving. It required too much thought of someone else to maintain momentum in his mind. He grabbed the badly wrapped gift and headed over, knocking on the door a couple times but not waiting long before just pushing the door open and heading inside. “Mon cherie,” he opened with, holding a heart to his chest as he looked her over. “Adorable comme jamais.” Ger sauntered his way towards her and cupped her cheek in his hand, before ducking down and giving her a sound kiss on the lips. “Merry Christmas, ma belle cherie.”

At the knock on her door, Tibs tried to hastily swallow the cocoa, and set the cup down just as Gerard walked in. She smiled at his appearance and the French words he uttered, and felt a rose of blush bloom across her cheeks as he kissed her. Even though she’d chatted with Lena about what she and Gerard had been up to, there was something so warm and familiar about his touch, and she shrugged slightly. “I don’t know what you’ve just said, but feel free to continue,” she simpered, scrunching her nose at him. “Would you like a raspberry cocoa, babe?” She asked, wandering over to the tray of mugs.

[tibbyblossom]

holly jolly || tibby & ____

Tabitha gave a contented sigh as she looked around her dorm. The Christmas season had always been her favorite growing up, and she had been preparing her room for weeks now. She had originally tried to grow an Evergreen tree in the corner of her room without using magic, but had to give it a little help as it’d only grown about a foot on its own. A box of decorations sat on her bed, with a tray of hot cocoa with a few mugs beside it, and Michael Buble’s Christmas Album playing quietly from a speaker on her desk. She’d invited Gerry, Lena, and Vincent over to help decorate, and hoped they didn’t have plans already. Tibs tipped a bit of raspberry liquor into a mug and filled it the rest of the way with cocoa; she held it in both hands and brought it close to her lips, blowing away some of the steam and taking a sip. She was dressed in Christmas tights, a little black dress, and donned a Santa hat atop her head; it was a desperate attempt to gather some of that Christmas spirit from her youth.

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“Groovy.” Lena laughed excitedly, so glad that it was Tibby that had come to find her. Their quad was fun, she loved Vince and Gerard was quite fun in the moment, but she missed alone time with Tibby because almost all their time was spent as a group these days. “Oh yeah, definitely. Two girls like us? No question, we just need to catch someone when they’re heading in.” 

“Okay,” Tibby giggled, loving how Lena was always boosting her confidence by exulting her own. “And worst case, if someone stops us, I’ll just turn into an old lady and say I had asked my great-grandbaby to pick up some beer for me,” she laughed, the scenario playing out in her head. Back in my day, I could send my eight year old to the store with a dollar and they could get me whiskey, cigarettes, a loaf of bread, milk, and bring me all that with change! No respect for the elderly these days. 

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Lena smiled brightly at her friend’s eager agreement. They were both entirely capable of conjuring alcohol, but somehow it felt more like an accomplishment and something ‘bad’. Their magic took away some of the circumstantial ‘danger’ that the other teens were dealing with. She half felt like she was missing out. “Ooh yes! We so should. I bet there’s a roller disco around here, just in case the weather’s bad.”

“Ooh, I hope so!” Tibby replied, swinging a little higher. She hadn’t been on a swingset since she was a little girl. She was thrown back into a memory of home, one fond one in the sea of bad ones. Her mother had taught her how to conjure vines into whatever shape she wanted. Maleficent had created a little swing in the greenhouse with her; Tibs remembered it vividly, her mother lounging on a chaise, using her magic to push Tabitha through the air. Tib felt a twinge of homesickness, and slowed down, dragging her boots on the ground. Not wanting to go to her dark place, Tibby turned to Lena with a smile. “Think someone would actually buy us some beer?” She asked, a small chuckle following.

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Lena gave a big nod in time with a swing, “Right?” Though it wasn’t really a question. “I’m alright, good really.” She paused for a moment, looking over at her friend and shrugging her shoulders. “I feel like I want an adventure you know? Like it doesn’t even have to be a huge one, just hanging outside with you trying to get a stranger to buy us beer cause we’re technically not old enough, or something. I just want to do something.” She pursed her lips and then smiled it away, “What about you?”

Tibs looked down at her sleeve and upon seeing a fleck of blood, quickly folded the fabric together and held it closed with her hand so that Lena wouldn’t see. “Oh yes, we should definitely do that!” The fact that she could revive long dead plants, and was even starting to figure out how to resuscitate small dead animals, and yet she wasn’t allowed to buy alcohol here. Seemed ridiculous. But making it a game sounded like fun. “I want to go roller blading too--I saw that in a show I was watching the other night, and I want to try it out,” Tibby commented, picking her feet up and beginning to pump. 

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Maybe it was bold to just expect her friends to drop everything and come find her, but she liked the idea of it, and thankfully only a couple minutes of wondering if anyone would turn up, her phone buzzed as a message from Tibs came through. Lena grinned at her phone and replied with the winky tongue emoji, then put her phone in her coat pocket and started pumping her legs to get the swing moving. It didn’t take long for Tibby to arrive, and she giggled to herself as the blonde looked around what the photo was of, rather than where the photo was taken. “Behind you!” Lena called out as she continued to swing back and forth.

At the familiar lilt of her friend’s voice, Tibs spun around with a grin on her face. “Sweet,” she chirped, crossing the playground to Lena. “Cool place,” she commented before sitting on the second swing beside her friend. There was something so calming about the simplicity of this, swinging beside her best friend, not a care in the world. “How’re you doing?” Tabitha asked, swiping at what felt like maybe a runny nose. 

[bittercurses]

“take ur fuckin bra off if you want.”

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It was getting dark so early these days, and after class had that dusky purple vibe that fit perfectly with her fantasy idea of hanging out around seven elevens with friends and alcohol and salty snacks. There was a park across the street from shop and Lena swung slowly side to side on a swing as she took a photo of the neon lights. She uploaded the image to her instagram story, tagging her favourite trio. Were she a normal teenage girl maybe posting your location on your semi popular instagram would probably be a dangerous and bad idea, but Lena had no doubts of her ability to defend herself. 

Tibby lay in Gerard’s arms and traced a circle on his bare back while he snoozed against her shoulder. She sighed; she had been feeling so low lately, and despite things being good between her and her boyfriend, she couldn’t help feeling a little dissatisfied. She willed the black from her hair, her brown eyes to blue again, and her tanned skin back to its natural ivory. At first, changing her appearance to spice things up had been fun, but now she felt as though it was expected nearly every time they made love. Her phone lit up from the stand, and she waved a hand, summoning it to her. She grinned at the story she’d been tagged in, and slipped out of Ger’s arms carefully. She stood by the window to respond to it, the streetlamps from the sidewalk shining a dull yellow down onto her. Be right there! She replied, and magicked a casual outfit of jeans, t-shirt, and a sweater on, and slipped out the door, grabbing her black coat on the way. She might’ve woken Gerard up, but she wanted to have a little time with Lena alone. She grabbed her boots from outside the door that had been drying out after a little rain they’d had, and then headed out into the night. The cool air whipped around her, and Tibs hugged her jacket tighter as she checked her phone on the time. She couldn’t believe it was only five thirty with how dark it had gotten. The Seven Eleven was illuminated in white and green and orange, and made it easy to find where Lena was, or had just been, and Tibby looked around for her friend to see if she was still outside. Where are you? she texted, heading towards the door.